Paris in Bleu Blonde Rouge
The wonderful art and history of Paris and France
Paris in Bleu Blonde Rouge
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The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Six days a week, for 115 years since her theft, more than 30,000 people a day push and shove to snap a photo or selfie with the Mona Lisa, and most have no idea why they even need to. On a hot Sunday, August 20, 1911, at around 4 pm...
The Birth of the Musée du Louvre
On August 10, 1793, the Musée Central des Arts de la République was opened. You may know it as the Musée du Louvre. Art was not a stranger to the Palais du Louvre and going back to the 16th century, François I first held a few of hi...
The Vow of Louis XIII & Notre Dame de Paris
On February 10, 1638, Louis XIII officially proclaimed the Virgin as the “special protector of the kingdom of France”. After 23 years of marriage, Queen Anne d’Autriche was finally pregnant, and Louis XIII vowed his kingdom to the Virgin ...
Liberty Leading the People & the Three Glorious Days
The most recognized painting by the Romantic master Éugene Delacroix, La Liberté Guidant le Peuple le 28 Juillet 1830, depicts the event of this day, 196 years ago. Painted in 1830 for the Salon of 1831, the painting commemorates the Paris upri...
